WCBD-TV (Mount Pleasant, SC)

2 days ago | counton2.com | Jameson Moyer

HUGER, S.C. (WCBD) - Crews worked through the night Sunday to extinguish a large outside fire, according to the Cainhoy Fire Department. Firefighters responded to the scene around 10:30 p.m. by the railroad crossing on Charity Church Road in Huger. The department said that heavy fire was visible springing from a laydown yard full of thousands of railroad ties. No injuries were reported from the fire, and its cause remains under investigation.

2 days ago | counton2.com | Jameson Moyer

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - A section of a busy North Charleston roadway is currently blocked off due to downed power lines. Dorchester Road at Constitution Avenue is shut down in both directions after a power pole and lines fell. Traffic is being rerouted while crews work to clear the scene, the North Charleston Police Department said. A collision that resulted in minor injuries caused the pole to fall. Police said the road is expected to reopen by 1 a.m.

2 days ago | counton2.com | Jameson Moyer

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - Attorneys for the man who opened fire at a Charleston church in 2015, killing nine members of the congregation, have filed a motion to vacate his sentence. The motion to vacate Dylann Roof's sentence was filed in US District Court - South Carolina on April 17. Documents detail 18 claims, two of which have been redacted, as to why attorneys argue Roof's death sentence should be vacated. Charleston attorney Jill E.M. HaLevi and Indianapolis attorney Angela S.

2 days ago | counton2.com | Jameson Moyer

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) - State troopers have found the vehicle believed to have struck and killed a City of Goose Creek employee. The South Carolina Highway Patrol found a Hyundai SUV that they suspect was involved in the deadly collision, although no suspects have been arrested yet. 46-year-old Kelly Farmer was struck April 13 on Dorchester Road while walking near Tabby Lane. Farmer worked as a water distribution operator for the city's Department of Public Works.

2 days ago | counton2.com | Jameson Moyer

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)-State agents charged a Charleston woman last week after they determined she had created a fake eviction notice. 29-year-old Virginia Skye Coaxum was charged with forgery of less than $10,000 on Friday, the State Law Enforcement Division said. Deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office executed an eviction on a tenant of the Marrington Village Apartment back in December 2024. Authorities later discovered the notice was faked and SLED was asked to investigate.